Imagine waking up at 5:30 am to go to practice at 6:00 am, then go to class for two hours, go back to practice for three more hours, and finally go home to do homework, sleep, and repeat the same schedule the next day. Imagine doing this schedule every single day for four years, without getting paid. Does that seem right to you? This is a daily demanding schedule that student athletes commit themselves to and therefore,should get paid for all that they do. With very little sleep that athletes get, it starts to take its toll on them, and that affects them mentally and physically. Studies have shown that there is a growing number of student athletes that are struggling with mental health issues that are often untreated. For instance, eating
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Although regular students may end up having to pay student loans and may end up in college debt, a college athlete is busting their butts all week. At least a student can have the luxury of getting a job and paying off their loans while an athlete is hustling to win games just so their coach can get paid. A person can argue and say, “well he or she knew what they were getting theirselves into, why would he or she still do it?” Because if it weren’t for these athletes, the universities wouldn’t be making over billions of dollars and making everything around them look nice. Other people may remark, “they’re here for experience,” yes it is true, but it is not always a good experience. The constant grind, the constant pressure and getting yelled at, and always being micro-managed of what you can or cannot eat, is not really an “experience”. It is more like working at the first day of your new job, with your boss and peers watching your every move. Times that by three hundred and sixty five days a year multiplied by four. Not just that, about one in four college athletes, actually go into depression from all of this stress. Regular students will never know the struggle that college athletes go through. College athletes in every division deserve to be paid for the endless hours they spend practicing, going through
Although regular students may end up having to pay student loans and may end up in college debt, a college athlete is busting their butts all week. At least a student can have the luxury of getting a job and paying off their loans while an athlete is hustling to win games just so their coach can get paid. A person can argue and say, “well he or she knew what they were getting theirselves into, why would he or she still do it?” Because if it weren’t for these athletes, the universities wouldn’t be making over billions of dollars and making everything around them look nice. Other people may remark, “they’re here for experience,” yes it is true, but it is not always a good experience. The constant grind, the constant pressure and getting yelled at, and always being micro-managed of what you can or cannot eat, is not really an “experience”. It is more like working at the first day of your new job, with your boss and peers watching your every move. Times that by three hundred and sixty five days a year multiplied by four. Not just that, about one in four college athletes, actually go into depression from all of this stress. Regular students will never know the struggle that college athletes go through. College athletes in every division deserve to be paid for the endless hours they spend practicing, going through